Dillon Regiment
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dillon Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. After the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 the regiment transferred to the service of the kings of France under its present name. It was next commanded in France by Theobald's younger son Colonel Arthur Dillon until 1733. As a part of the Irish Brigade this regiment covered itself in glory at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745. It wa...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dillon Regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon for the Jacobite side in the Williamite War. He was then killed at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. After the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 the regiment transferred to the service of the kings of France under its present name. It was next commanded in France by Theobald's younger son Colonel Arthur Dillon until 1733. As a part of the Irish Brigade this regiment covered itself in glory at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745. It was reinforced by a merger with the régiment de Lally in 1762 and with the régiment de Bulkeley in 1775. From 1777 to 1782 the Dillon regiment fought as part of the French expeditionary force in the American Revolutionary War.
